Parkway Brewing Company Magella

Magella

 

Parkway Brewing Company in Salem, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 11.1% IBU: 48 Ticks: 8
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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a Food Lion. Murky brownish-orange color, tan head. Heavy sweet malt, brown sugar, a little toast. Caramel. Dark fruit / raisin. Banana and clove notes. Sweet. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2017 at 19:17


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

$10.19 bomber from Greenwood Gourmet. Pours deeper brown, clear. Dusting of a head. Aroma is plum, lots of caramel, mushy banana. Flavor is plum, Belgian yeast banana, clove, caramel, booze, light rose. Overdone and in your face.

Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 20:17


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle - pours brown tan off white head - nose/taste of candi sugar, caramel, banana, clove - medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2016 at 20:24


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Pours clear chestnut, small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is begotten yeast, raisin, candi sugar, date, clove. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body. Solid quad, a bit high on the spice palate.

Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2015 at 22:31


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, about a year old I think. Deep clear maroon color with ruby highlights, beige head, with decent retention and solid lacing. Aroma of caramel on toast. Taste has plums, burnt caramel, sweet candied figs, dates. Nice character and complexity.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2014 at 11:45


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bomber from Whole Foods Short Pump. Pours a hazy dark brown color with a thin fizzy tan head. Poor head retention. Aroma of toffee malts, banana, cocoa. The taste is stone fruits, cherries, toffee, banana, herbal hops in the finish. Medium bodied, low carbonation, subtle booze. Decent beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Magella Belgian Strong Dark Ale on 10 Apr 2013 at 15:23 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Draft at Beer Run. Pours a hazy dark amber color with a thin frothy white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of bread, spice, banana, brown sugar. The taste is bread, spice, banana, burnt sugar, graham crackers and an earthy note. Medium bodied, slight booze. Very nice.

Tried on 11 Oct 2013 at 01:19


7.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Raisin. prune, and apple, with banana highlights. Cloudy rust, colored, thin head. Raisin and prune flavor. Clove is present. A very wheaty belgian, reminiscent of Aventinus, but not quite as good. Quite enjoyable, regardless, and just what I was in the mood to have this evening.

Tried on 30 Sep 2013 at 19:50


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

World of Beer, Arlington tap: Two drunk guys walked into WOB and asked for the most alcoholic beer on tap. They were served this. They couldn’t really handle it, so they asked for Baltika #9 afterwards I decided to try it. Anyway, it pours a hazy reddish color with a small head. Aroma is candied sugar, fruit, and surprisingly little booze. Taste is really sweet and sort one dimensional, which isn’t to say that this beer lacks all subtlety. The alcohol is amazingly well covered and for such a massive beer, this is pleasantly easy to drink. That being said, this really isn’t my style, as it is much too sweet.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2013 at 08:52